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W. C. BUCHANAN. COMBINEDASTRAW CARRIER AND STGKER. No. 367,182. PatentedJuly 26, 1887.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM C.YBUCHANAN, OF BELLEVILLE, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO THE HAR- RISONMACHINE WORKS, OF SAME PLACE.

COMBINED S'lRAW CARRIER AND STACKER.

'SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No` 367,182, dated July26, 1887.

Appnctioh mea september a, Issa. semi No. 212,999. (No man.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM C. BUCH- ANAN, `of Belleville, in the countyof St. Clair and State of Illinois, have invented a new and ImprovedCombined Strawy Carrier and Stacker, of which the following is a full,clear, and exact description.

The object of my invention is to provide a new and improved combinedstraw carrier and vIo stacker which permits of being easily and quicklyadjusted on uneven ground, and is simple and durable in construction andvery effective in operation.

The invention consists of various parts and I5 combinations of the same,as will be fully described hereinafter, and pointed out in the claims. y

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification,

2o in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts inall the gures.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improvement connected with the rearpart of a thrashing-machine. Fig. -2 isa broken side eleva- 2 5 tion ofthe carriage carrying the stacker. Eig.

3 is a plan view of the leveling-frame. Fig

4 is a vertical cross-section of the carriage on the line .fr er of Fig.2. Fig. 5 is a plan view of the rear part of the thrashing-machine and3o part of the carrier. Fig. 6 is a det-ail plan view of thestacker-supporting ropes. Fig. 7

is a sectional elevation of the upper end of the carrier. Fig. 8 is aplan View of the same. Fig. 9 is a side elevation showing my 3 5improved carrier and stacker folded up ready for transportation. 5

The carriage A is provided with the frame B, mounted on the wheels C,placed at about one-third the length of the frame B from the 4o rearend, which is provided with the supporting-bars B', which support thestacker when folded up for transportation, as shown in Fig. 9.

To the front of the frame B is secured in the middle the tongue B2, andon each rside is placed a leg, D, having the slot D', through whichpasses a bolt, E, fastened to the frame B, and on which screws the nutE.

On each side 'of the frame B, between the 5o legs D and the wheels C, issecured a bracket,

F, on which swings the leveling-frame G, provided on its front at eachcorner with a bolt, H, passing through a slotted leg, H, supported atits lower end by the bolt E in the frame B. On the bolts H screw thehandled nuts, H2,'which,when screwed up,serve to hold the leveling-frameG in adjusted position.

On the top of the frame G is placed the circular track Gf, on whichtravels the stacker base or frame I, consisting of the arm orbeam 6.) Iand lthe radial arm I2, both resting with their outer ends on the trackG.

On each outer end of the arm or beam I is secured the box J and thebracket J as seen in Figs. 3, 4, respectively, on which are pivoted thebrackets or arms K, attached with their upper ends to the lower end ofthe stacker L.

On the bottom of the leveling-frame G is mounted the shaft M, carryingon its outer 7o end the sprocket-Wheel M, and on its inner end thebeveled gear-wheel M2, which meshes into the beveled gear-wheel M",secured to a vertical shaft, M4, which has its bearings in the frame B,and also forms the center pivot for the stacker base or frame I.

To the upper end of the shaft M* is attached the beveled gear-wheel M5,meshing into the beveled gear-wheel M6, secured to the horizontal shaftM7, having its bearings in the boxes 8o .I and J2, secured to the beamI. To the outer .end of theshaft MT is fastened a sprocket-wheel,

Mt, over which passes the endless sprocketchain M9, which also passesover the sprocketwheel M10, attached to the shaft N, mounted in thelower end of the stacker L and carrying the pulleys N, over which passthe endless Abelts N2, carrying the stacker-slats NS, and also passingover similar pulleys, N4, mounted in the upper end of the stacker.

From each end of the beam I of the stackerframe I projects a pin, I3,which comes incontact with the stop-plate I, secured to theleveling-frame G when frame I is swung at right angles, thus preventinga complete turning of the stacker-frame as it is turned on the' shaftM4. One of the side beams of the frame G is extended in front andcarries on its outer end a supporting and guiding sprocket-wheel, 0,

over which passes the upper parts of the roo ter ofthe opening Q5.

sprockctchain O', which also passes over the wheel M' on the frame G andover the sprocket-wheel O, secured to the shaft O, mounted on the rearpart of the thrashingmachine P, and receiving a rotary motion from asuitable revolving shaft on the thrashing-machine.

On the shaft O3 is mounted, to swing, the folding carrier Q, providedwith the usual slut belt, Q', which passes over suitable pulleys on theshaft O and over similar pulleys ou the shaft Q2, which is provided ouone outer end with the pulley Q, which connects by the twisted belt Q*with the pulley QG, secured to the shaft Q, which extends across theupper cud of the carrier Q and carries a fan-wheel formed of two or moreradial arms or fan-plates, Q7, which, when rotating, force the strawfrom the upper end of the slat-belt downwardly upon the s1atbelt N2 ofthe stacker L. Two deflecting-bars, Q", extend diagonally across theslatbelt Q' ou top, near the dischargeopening Q8, and serve to guide thestraw toward the cen- (See Fig. S.)

The carrier Q is supported on each side by a rope, It, which passesupward and over a pulley, R', mounted on the arm R2, projecting from therear end of the thrasher l? and supported on the top ofthe same. Eachrope It then runs to a windlass, R, attached to the, arm B2. rlhe latteris supported by a brace, R4, attached to the thrashcr l?.

Near the upper ends ofthe side arms, It?, is pivoted the boom S,supported on its upper cud by the chain S', secured with one end to thetop of the thrasher I.

On the boom S is also hung a pulley, S2, over which passes a rope, S,attached with its inner end to the windlass S, mounted ou the uprightpost P' of the thrasher I). To t-he other end of the rope S3 is secureda pulley, S5, over which passes a rope, S, attached with its ends to abar, S7, carrying ou each outer end a pulley, S8, over which passes arope, S", fastenedgwith its ends to the side of the stacker L, near itsupper end.

rlhe operation is as follows: IVhen the stacker is placed in theposition shown in Fig. l, then the pulley S2 is perpendicular above thecenter of the stacker-carriage frame I, so that the stacker L can beswung to any desired angle with the thrashing-machine P, turning withits frame I on the track G' of the levelingframe G, the shaft M* beingthe center. The frame G is placed on a level by adjusting the legs H' tothe desired height, and the frame B is held in position by adjusting thelegs D on the bolts E, and fastening them in the desired place by thenuts E'. It is not necessary that the frame B should be in a horizontalposition, as it may be set on the side of a hill,thelength of themachine being disposed transversely to the irregularity or slope. TheSlat-belt N2 of the stacker L is operated simultaneously with theslat-belt Q of the carrier Q by rotating the shaft O, in any suitablemanner, from a revolving shaft of the thrashing-machine I?. The rotationof the shaft O and Slat-belt Q' elevates the straw in the carrierQ untilit reaches the opening Q in the upper part of the carrier, and then thestraw is forced downward upon the stacker L by the action of thefan-wheel Q7, rotated by the belt Q from the shaft O3. The rotary motionof the shaft O3 is transmitted to the shaft M by the chain O' and thesprocket-wheels O and M', and the motion of 75 the shaft M istransmitted to the shaftN of the stacker L by the gear wheels ,andshafts M2, M, M, M, M, and 'M7 and the sprocket wheels M8 and M10 andchain M. The shaft N operates the Slat-belt N, and thereby ele vates thestraw in the stacker L.

It will be seen that the stacker L can, when the machine is in niotion,be swung in any direetion by turning the sameon its base I, and it canbe raised or lowered byswingng on the pivoted brackets K and turning thewindlass St, which by its rope S3 is connected with the upper end of thestacker L.

The tongue B'A is generally attached to the rear part of thethraShnginaChine; but the stacker L can also be transportedindependently of the thrasher I) by disconnecting the ropes S3 and thebelt O'. The several parts of the carrier can be folded up and restedagainst the thrashing-machiue, and the stacker L can bc folded up andrested on the bars B' of the frame B, as shown in Fig. 9.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. rIhc combination of the carrier provided with the fan-wheel Q7 in itsupper end, with a stacker and a leveling-frame, substantially as shownand described.

2. rlhe combination of the carrier Q, provided with the fan-wheel Q7,with the stacker L, a leveling-frame, G, and the stacker-carriage B, onwhich the said leveling-frame Gis pivoted, substantially as shown anddescribed.

3. The stacker-frame B, the wheels C, andv the frame G, in combinationwith the legs D and legs II', each having slots, bolts II and E, andhandled nuts E' and Il, respectively adapted to clamp together theframes B and G and the legs I) and H', substantially as and for thepurpose set forth.

4. rlhe stackerframe B, provided with the brackets F, in combinationwith the adjust able leveling-frame G, pivoted on the said brackets F,substantially as shown and described.

5. The stacker-frame B, provided with thc brackets F, in combinationwith the levelingframe G, pivoted on the said brackets Il", and theadjustable legs H', supporting the frame G, substantially as shown anddescribed.

6. rlhe straw-carrier Q, provided with the Slat-belt Q' and thefan-wheel QT, in combination with the dcllecting-bars Q", substantiallas shown and described.

IVILLTAM C. BUCHANAN.

Witnesses:

HENRY SPRING, GEORGE A. HARVEY.

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